World exhibitions became a new phenomenon in the West in the nineteenth century. Scientific and technical progress were shown. Ten World Fair

World fair

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s were organised during the second half of the nineteenth century. Seven times an international chess tournament was part of the event (London 1851

London 1851 chess tournament

right|thumb|[[Adolf Anderssen]] won both the London International Tournament and the rival London Club Tournament.London 1851 was the first international chess tournament. The tournament was conceived and organised by English player Howard Staunton, and marked the first time that the best chess...

, London 1862

London 1862 chess tournament

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, Paris 1867, Vienna 1873

Vienna 1873 chess tournament

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, Philadelphia 1876

American Chess Congress

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, Paris 1878

Paris 1878 chess tournament

The revival of France after the Franco-Prussian War was demonstrated by a world exhibition. Paris was a city of light for the first time. A great chess tournament took place in the exhibition hall from 17 June to 31 July 1878. The participation of George Henry Mackenzie and James Mason made it the...

, Paris 1900

Paris 1900 chess tournament

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). The third tournament took place in the Grand Cercle, 10 boulevard Montmartre, Paris, from 4 June to 11 July. Thirteen participants played in a double round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

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. Draws

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 counted as zero. The time control

Time control

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 was six minutes per move.

The prizes were won by Ignatz von Kolisch (5000 Francs), Szymon Winawer

Szymon Winawer

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 (2500 F), Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz

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 (2000 F), Gustav Neumann

Gustav Neumann

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 (1500 F), Cecil Valentine De Vère

Cecil Valentine De Vere

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 (1500 F), Jules Arnous de Rivière

Jules Arnous de Rivière

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 (1000 F). The first four also got a Sèvres vase

Manufacture nationale de Sèvres

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. Kolisch invested his porcelain in real estate immediately.

The results and standings ("d" = draw):

#	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Total
1	/  Slovakia	__	0 1	d 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	d 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	20
2	/  Poland	1 0	__	0 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	d 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 0	19
3	/  Bohemia	d 0	1 0	__	d 0	1 1	1 1	1 1	d 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	18
4	/  Silesia	1 0	1 0	d 1	__	d 1	1 1	1 1	1 d	0 d	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	17
5	/  Kingdom of Scotland	0 0	0 0	0 0	d 0	__	0 1	1 1	1 1	0 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 1	14
6		0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 0	__	1 0	1 1	1 1	1 1	1 d	0 0	1 1	11
7	/  Cuba	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 1	__	0 1	1 1	0 0	1 1	1 1	1 1	10
8	/  Poland	0 0	0 0	d 0	0 d	0 0	0 0	1 0	__	1 1	1 1	0 1	1 0	1 1	9
9	/  Poland	d 0	d 0	0 0	1 d	1 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	__	0 d	0 0	1 1	1 1	6
10	/ Pennsylvania	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 1	0 0	1 d	__	1 1	0 0	1 0	6
11		0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 d	0 0	1 0	1 1	0 0	__	1 1	1 0	6
12		0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	1 1	0 0	0 1	0 0	1 1	0 0	__	0 0	5
13		0 0	0 1	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 1	0 1	1 1	__	5